About the DRRA

Your Continued Support is Needed

How many times have you wondered… Why can’t I get on I-70 westbound before Monocacy Boulevard?

How many times have you heard about the Eaglehead Drive Bridge connection to Oakdale High School and wondered if you were ever going to see it in your lifetime?

Oakdale Investments, LLC, the developer of the non-developed areas of Lake Linganore, has proposed a financing tool in which these much needed road improvements can be built in the near future.

The proposal is to build the missing ramps to I-70 at Meadow Road using Tax Increment Financing, also known as TIF. The Eaglehead Drive Bridge and regional water and sewer infrastructure will be built using Community Development Authority (CDA) financing. Most importantly, the TIF and CDA financing WILL NOT require any new taxes or tax revenue from existing residents of Lake Linganore or Frederick County. The TIF and CDA will only apply to future development of Lake Linganore approved by the Developer Rights and Responsibility Agreement (DRRA) last year.

The Frederick post had an article relating to this on Friday, February 21, 2014. Part of this article included the following:

Commissioner Paul Smith called the idea a ‘win-win.’

“This is about as close to a no-brainer as I think you’ll get,” Smith said.

Commissioner Billy Shreve said board members had received more than 400 notes from Lake Linganore community members supporting the developer’s plans.

A public hearing for the TIF and CDA will be held on March 6, 2014 at 7pm at Winchester Hall in Frederick. I encourage residents to come out to the meeting and support the continuation of proper development of Lake Linganore.

I would also request that you support the above proposals by sending the petition email below to your County Commissioners. This community made the Commissioners realize that the Lake Linganore Community Voice should be heard when they supported the DRRA. Please continue to let your VOICE be heard.

SEND AN EMAIL PETITION TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE OAKDALE LAKE LINGANORE TIF AND CDA!

Support the Approval of the TIF & CDA!

This petition is now closed.

End date: Mar 06, 2014

Signatures collected: 163

163 signatures

The Rezoning & DRRA Passed!

Thank you to all the residents that supported the approval of the residential rezoning and DRRA. The BoCC approved the rezoning and DRRA on Tuesday, June 18th at Winchester Hall during a public hearing. These changes and approvals will move our community in a more secure and stable direction.

Letter from the GM & BoD

We feel compelled to write to you as a result of some feedback that was received at the May 20 board meeting that made apparent the need to further stress the important details regarding a recent agreement that has been reached between Lake Linganore and our developer. Some misinformation that has been circulating around our community could jeopardize that agreement and we are providing the below to help you understand how this agreement benefits us.

After months of negotiations and several hours of dialogue, the Association reached an agreement with the developer, Oakdale Investments LLC. This agreement is called a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding). This is a legal and binding document executed between the developer and the Association. It is filed in Frederick County Circuit Court Land Records. Click here to view the MOU.

What the MOU does for you and the rest of Lake Linganore:

In an effort to ensure that the best was being done for the Lake Linganore Community, your Board of Directors entered into extensive and honest dialogue with the developer.

The first priority was to maintain the scenic and serene atmosphere that many have moved to Lake Linganore to enjoy.

This was accomplished by the following properties being donated to the Association by the developer:

– Indian Caves Archeological Site
– Isles of Balmoral
– North Shore property to be used as additional parking for Coldstream Beach
– A 100 foot buffer to the lake where trees cannot be removed

*A total of approximately 285 acres will be green spaced and preserved compared to 665 acres to be developed. That means for every acre of developed land, .429 acres (nearly ½ acre) will be set aside as green space!

Second the Board of Directors wanted to ensure that the developer was willing to provide financial help in maintaining our largest and most cherished asset: Lake Linganore!! The LLA is taking steps to address the costly dredging needs of the lake and the developer has agreed to contribute $1,000 to the dredging fund for each lot developed and sold in the future.

Next the Board wanted to get help financially from the developer in fulfilling a long awaited amenity that was previously promised by other developers but never realized due to the multiple bankruptcies of the past: a Community Center!! Oakdale is in agreement on this point also. With the MOU the Association will be getting $1,000 per lot for the Community Center Fund and an additional $1,000 per lot for the Capital Improvement Fund, which is currently being earmarked for the Community Center. Your board also pressured the developer and they agreed to donate the “Barn Area” as a site for construction of the Community Center. This is the area on Eaglehead Drive on the left before Coldstream Drive. It is an 8 ½ acre commercial site and is valued at approximately $1,000,000.

But the Board of Directors was not through. They wanted to make certain that promised amenities like trails and playgrounds were built. They wanted to make sure that even as the development was completed funds were contributed by the developer to construct new amenities for the community. This developer agreed to escrow $1,000 per lot to the Amenities Fund. This way your Board of Directors ensured that the unkept promises of the past would not be repeated with this developer.

With the convoluted history of Lake Linganore, your Board of Directors wanted to make sure that what they were putting into place was binding on all future developers or owners of the non-developed PUD property. The MOU does exactly that.

It is true that the Developer is proposing to build 3235 new dwellings in the Lake Linganore PUD, but 1500 of these dwellings are already on the books as approved pending APFO (Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances) review. Only 1735 “new” dwellings are proposed in the PUD areas that were downzoned by prior Boards of County Commissioners. The restoration of residential zoning and the adoption of a DRRA as requested by Oakdale envisions a measured build-out over a 25 year time frame, and the final number of dwelling units is approximately 1/3 less than was originally contemplated when the LLA PUD was first recorded in the late 1960’s.

Additionally, it is important to understand that if the restoration of residential zoning is approved and a DRRA is established, the developer will still have to comply with building restrictions including moratoriums on building on steep slopes and protection of the Lake Linganore and regional watersheds.

We understand that there are quite a few Lake Linganore residents who are opposed to ANY new home building on the undeveloped PUD properties. While we respect their opinions, we think it is both unrealistic and unwise to try to prevent any new home building within the Lake Linganore PUD area for the following reasons:

The Lake Linganore Community has suffered for many years from insufficient revenues to maintain our infrastructure. Much of the problem is that our primary amenities (main connector roads, tennis courts, pools, trails, Esplanade and Lakes) were designed for a community of 10,000 homes contributing dues on a yearly basis. We currently have less than 1/3 of this number of dues-paying homes actually contributing to the LLA budget. The restoration of residential zoning and the DRRA will correct this and provide a financial benefit for all current LLA residents as the additional revenues generated by new residents are able to be used for properly caring for our current and future community assets……and this doesn’t even include the benefits the developer has agreed to in the MOU!!

A couple of scenarios that illustrate the issues:

If we maintain the status quo, and have no further development, and the dredging of the lake costs somewhere in the $4,000,000 – $10,000,000 range (as currently projected), then the cost per home and lot would be approximately $1,400 – $3,400.

If the rezoning and DRRA are approved and we have 7,800 properties and the dredging cost is the same, the cost per home would be approximately $500 – $1,300 per lot.

In our opinion, the second scenario makes it much easier on the pocketbook and this is just one of many financial benefits the LLA stands to gain if the rezoning and DRRA are approved. It is important to recognize that there are significant green space and land use preservations included in the overall plan that will preserve the feel of our community.

Approve the TIF & CDA: March 6th

Oakdale Investments, LLC, the developer of the non-developed areas of Lake Linganore, has proposed a financing tool in which these much needed road improvements can be built in the near future.

The proposal is to build the missing ramps to I-70 at Meadow Road using Tax Increment Financing, also known as TIF. The Eaglehead Drive Bridge and regional water and sewer infrastructure will be built using Community Development Authority (CDA) financing. Most importantly, the TIF and CDA financing WILL NOT require any new taxes or tax revenue from existing residents of Lake Linganore or Frederick County. The TIF and CDA will only apply to future development of Lake Linganore approved by the Developer Rights and Responsibility Agreement (DRRA) last year. More detail of the proposal can be found in the following links.

A public hearing for the TIF and CDA will be held on March 6, 2014 at 7pm at Winchester Hall in Frederick. I encourage residents to come out to the meeting and support the continuation of proper development of Lake Linganore.

Bob Kimble
Previous LLA General Manager

Amendment to PUD Plans

The declarant of the Lake Linganore Planned Unit Development (PUD), Oakdale Investments LLC, is planning to file a minor amendment to the PUD plans. These plan changes will not include any additional residential or commercial density to the PUD. The amendment would propose to bring into the PUD approximately 20 acres in the area between 144 and I-70 at the Eaglehead Drive roundabout (formerly the Lutheran church site) and 30 acres at the corner of Linganore Road and Gas House Pike adjacent to the future Westridge Village. The county public hearings for this amendment would occur later this year.

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